Kahn is a surname of German origin. Kahn means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is Cahn.
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
Kraus is a German surname meaning "curly". Notable people with the surname include:
Rosenthal is a German and Jewish surname meaning "rose valley". The Lithuanized form is Rosenthalis. Notable people with the name include:
Breuer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Levine /Levin is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname derived from the Hebrew name Levi. Levinsky is a variation with the same meaning.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Dick is used as a surname in English, German and other languages. In English, the surname is patronymic based on the use of Dick as a first name, meaning 'son of Dick' or 'son of Richard', just like Dickson. The name can also be based on the use of the Middle English words dich, diche, dik, dike 'ditch' as a place name description. In German, surnames with the form Dick has arisen through different sources: the adjective dick 'plump', the noun Dickicht 'thicket' used about someone living in such a location, as a patronymic surname based on Dick used as a first name or nick name, or as a variant of Dieck.
Brill is a German and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Salomon is a surname. It originated as a derivative of the Hebrew biblical name Shlomo, for which the conventional latinization has been Solomon or Salomon.
Roth is an English, German, or Jewish origin surname. There are seven theories on its origin:
- The spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic soldiers;
- Ethnic name for an Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot, referencing red-haired people;
- Topographical name, derived from rod, meaning a dweller in such a location;
- Derivative from hroth ;
- Local name for 18th-century Ashkenazi refugees to Germany;
- Derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king;
- Of the red colour of clay, as in pottery (German).
George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian, French, or Native American origin. The German form is Georg. Notable people with the surname include:
Levy or Lévy is a surname generally of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi or Lévi.
Driessen is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname meaning son of Dries or Andries cognate to Andreas and the English Drew/Andrew. People with the name Driessen, Driesen, Driessens, or Drießen include:
Michael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Beer is an English and German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Helm is a surname of German origin.
Sand is a Norwegian and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
German or Germán is the surname of the following people:
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